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The Frustrations of Talking with God
Read more: The Frustrations of Talking with GodIn September of 1963, I was sitting in a chapel in the foothills of the Himalayas in a town called Mussoorie, at a school called Vincent Hill School. It was Week of Prayer. Those of you who haven’t gone to an Adventist school probably don’t know about a week of prayer, but every Adventist school…
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Conversations with God?
Read more: Conversations with God?Has God ever talked to you? Have you ever heard God’s voice? Today we’re talking about how God communicates with Humankind. Have you ever ever had a dream from God? Were you ever carried away in a vision? Does God still communicate with Wo/Man directly these days? Jesus said: My sheep listen to My voice,…
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Case Studies in Prophetry
Read more: Case Studies in ProphetryIn our discussion of prophets, so far three opinions have emerged concerning the question of whether we need them: We don’t need prophets at all in our modern time because God has already given us adequate messages and instructions. He really doesn’t have anything more to say. Not only do we need modern prophets but…
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Prophets in Peril
Read more: Prophets in PerilToday I’d like to turn back to the question of the prophets (introduced when we began this series) as the sources of truth. This is a subject that is quite familiar (even, I would say, dear) to Seventh Day Adventists. The question is: Do we have a prophet today? If not do we need one?…
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Technology and Truth
Read more: Technology and TruthWe carry in our pockets the greatest tool of free expression ever invented. All information, data, knowledge, and ideas are at our fingertips—entire libraries, complete datasets, and worldwide connections are possible to access in just seconds. But do we have access to the truth? Perhaps a more important question is this: Does all of this…
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Truth in a Virtual World
Read more: Truth in a Virtual WorldTruth. How much can we know? How certain can we be about what we know? We must recognize that to be a capital T Truth, the truth about God must be true for all time, for all places, and for all people. Last week, Jeff made an important observation building on what the philosopher Bertrand…

Daoism would agree, I think. Freedom comes with accepting the Dao—the Way, God. Struggling against it is not freedom and…